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Definitions
- 1. to raise (animals)
- 2. to bring up (children)
- 3. to keep (pets)
- 4. to support
- 5. to give birth
Words Containing 养
zookeeper
to be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter (idiom)
child support payment (after a divorce)
regime (diet)
to convalesce
to heal a wound
aquaculture
see 養兵千日，用兵一時|养兵千日，用兵一时[yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng bīng yī shí]
to nourish
culture medium
generous care but a thrifty funeral
to rest
to support sb with official pay
nutrient
nutrient
adopted son
to train
to nourish
to foster
to relax with one's eyes closed
frugality makes honesty (idiom)
nutriment
to spoil
to provide for
to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc)
to bring up (a child)
foster father
to support a family
malnutrition
sanatorium
to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom)
to foster
lit. to nurture a tiger invites calamity
the way of maintaining good health
to feed (a child, domestic animal etc)
to live like a prince (idiom)
(personal) accomplishment
to take care of (sb's health)
to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push
to support one's family (idiom); to have difficulty feeding a family
to make offerings (to the Gods)
nutriology
Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later
domestic (animals)
to nourish one's skin
Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later
to supply
lit. to nurture one's years (idiom)
to raise
to maintain the land (with rotation of crops or fertilizer)
to raise (animals)
to cultivate (personal qualities)
to take good care of (or conserve) one's health
to support
nutrient fluid
\drugs serving to nourish doctors\, perceived problem in PRC medical practice
self-sustaining
to maintain
pension
fishpond
child bride
cultivation industry
to rear (an animal) in an enclosure
silk industry
stock farming
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
sanitorium
to rear
to train troops
culture fluid (in biological lab.)
sheep husbandry
to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die
to neglect one's parents but give them a rich funeral
cell culture
breastfeeding
to recuperate
provisions; supplies; victuals
to place out for adoption
feeder
to cultivate
farm
to adopt (a child); adoption
accomplishment
(biology) autotroph
nursing home
to foster
to sponsor
child bride
to provide for
pampered and spoiled since childhood
lit. to foster an ulcer and bequeath a calamity (idiom); tolerating budding evil can only lead to disaster
to get well
reeducation through labor
foster mother
to commit adultery (of married woman)
growing flowers
to look after (elderly parents)
mental or spiritual cultivation
free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc)
visually attractive
captive breeding facility; breeding farm
free-range (breeding livestock or poultry)
beekeeper
Yakult (Japanese brand of fermented milk drink)
to keep (an animal)
dual pension scheme (PRC)
to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment
debt nurtures more debt (idiom)
to raise silkworms
domestication and breeding
to take a tonic or nourishing food to build up one's health
to provide for the elderly (family members)
Peng Yangou, late Qing novelist, author of Black register of lost souls 黑籍冤魂
lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom)
to raise (animals)
nutritionist
alimony
lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
custody (of a child etc)
adopted daughter
chicken farm
feed
to recuperate
to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom)
policy of high pay to discourage corruption
aquarium
to maintain good health
nutrient
to cultivate
to domesticate
road maintenance tax (China)
to cultivate
to adopt (a child)
cell cultivator
to raise bees
to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
lit. to foster an ulcer and bequeath a calamity (idiom); tolerating budding evil can only lead to disaster
to take care of one's spirit and keep fit (idiom)
to recover
to raise (a child or animal)
to bring up (children)
lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom)
trophoblastic layer (attaches fertilized ovum to the uterus)
nutrition
to encourage honesty
aquaculture
beekeeping
nourishment
to support one's family (idiom)
diet
son of a bitch
to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc)
Petri dish